Anime Crossover: About How I Spoiled an Angel

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Su Qing walked over, holding Zhen Zhou's hand. The latter's eyes flickered with curiosity.

Having lived in this city for nearly twenty years, this was the girl's first time here.

"A system?" Yui tilted her head and said without thinking, "If I had a system, I would definitely add points to my intelligence like crazy, and I would surpass you in the next exam, hehe."

"You already have a system, why are you still thinking about exams? Can't you be a little more ambitious...?"

Su Qing glanced at Yui, her eyes subtly revealing sympathy, and then sighed.

"Tch, so what would you do with a system?"

"Ignore the system and continue living a mundane life," Su Qing said calmly, his voice completely flat, as if he really did have a system and that's exactly what he was doing.

"Huh? You're clearly even more useless than me!" Yui's eyes widened like saucers, her face full of disbelief.

Xiao Qing has a system, shouldn't she take off from the spot?

For example, manually developing nuclear weapons and satellites, or venturing into the Milky Way...

"What weird things are you thinking about?"

"No, no!"

"Alright, you two stop arguing. I think both of your ideas are great."

Mahiru smiled and squinted her eyes, finding the two of them bickering quite amusing.

But I was also wondering whether the relationship between the two of them was good or bad?

If things were going well, this would be the first time she'd seen Su Qing act like this, but if their relationship wasn't good, Su Qing wouldn't even bother to acknowledge her.

Yui didn't speak, but snorted and turned her face to the other side. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Masahiro, and suddenly, as if remembering something, she grinned mischievously at Su Qing:

"Hehe, let me tell you, many grooms can't even find the bride's shoes."

Most of the suggestions came from the bridesmaids.

So... it's not too late for you to build a good relationship with me!

The girl crossed her arms in front of her chest, looking smug.

Hehehe, since I met Xiaoqing, I've finally found something to use against him.

Xiaoqing, you wouldn't want to be unable to find your shoes on your wedding day...

"Then I'll just tell Mahiru not to invite you to be my bridesmaid, won't that be better?"

Yui's smile vanished abruptly, replaced by confusion and bewilderment.

Are you human?

Mahiru covered her mouth and chuckled softly, though her fair face showed a hint of shyness.

What's wrong with these two? Why are they suddenly discussing this?

However... Su Qing said she would get married after graduation.

Now that the first semester of my sophomore year is over, it's been about two and a half years.

It seems... to be really fast!

"I might not listen to you."

Mahiru gave a soft hum, but her eyes held a smile.

"Fine, I'll listen to you then. The result will be the same anyway," Su Qing said matter-of-factly.

Yui looked at the two of them; it seemed like they were showing affection, but it didn't quite seem like they were.

Even a tiny sip of Pepsi from a happy human is enough to make a sewer rat happy for a long time.

It's impossible for Yui not to feel a pang of sadness seeing the person she likes not belong to her and have to be with someone else.

But how you think and how you do are two completely different things; this is the most fundamental difference between humans and barbaric animals.

"Alright, alright, you two, if you keep trying to avoid flashing in broad daylight, I'm leaving."

"Hurry up, hurry up, I'm taking you to draw lots and pray for blessings!!"

Yui stood on the steps a meter or two higher than them, waving enthusiastically with a radiant smile on her face.

Grandma, I still don't understand what it means to love yourself first.

But at this moment, I want to offer them my best wishes.

Why shouldn't Kiyoshi be with Mahiru?

Mahiru is such a thrifty, gentle, and sensible girl; he should be with Mahiru!

Why shouldn't Mahiru be with Su Qing?

To her, he must have been like a ray of light.

They should be together.

The girl's mind was pure, untouched by worldly dust, even her smile was innocent.

Seeing Yui turn around, Mahiru secretly pulled Su Qing's hand and whispered:

"Actually, it would be enough if both of us came..."

"I'm worried about you two girls."

Mahiru remained silent for a while, realizing that the other person was referring to the incident with Shiina Saya last time, so she stopped talking.

……

As we walked along the main pilgrimage route, Yui chattered excitedly, sharing some amusing anecdotes from her journey home.

"But didn't you say you'd be back tomorrow?"

Mahiru asked curiously.

"Oh? Did I forget to mention? My dad had to go back because of something urgent at his company."

Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have come back until tonight.

Yui explained.

"Oh...I see. That's a bit of a shame." Mahiru blinked. "Is your father always this busy?"

"Yes. It's been like that as long as I can remember, but he still makes time to take us out to play quite often."

Yui smiled broadly, her tone quite proud.

Mahiru didn't say anything, but Yui immediately realized that something was wrong.

Mahiru's family background is not good, isn't she just going all out against everyone?

So Yui quickly changed the subject.

"Ah, but there are also some unhappy things about going home, like my grandma always teasing me for not being able to find a boyfriend."

She even said that once she finds a boyfriend, she must bring him back to meet her…

"no!"

Su Qing's abrupt voice rang out, startling the snow on the treetops, which then fell in a soft rustling sound.

"Hey, what's not okay?"

Mahiru and Yui both looked at Su Qing with confusion, but he remained silent.

Yeah, what's wrong with that?

"Because you're rather naive and easily fooled, there's no need to rush into finding one."

Su Qing returned to her usual self, as if what had just happened was merely an illusion.

"You're the idiot, you're the idiot!" Yui thought something was wrong, but it turned out he was talking about her again!

Good grief, so he was waiting for her here.

She pouted in dissatisfaction, "How come you say exactly the same thing as my grandma?"

Her grandma always said she was stupid, eh.

"But I also think that these kinds of things need to be thought through carefully, otherwise you'll regret it."

Mahiru said quite seriously.

"Well, that's true, but I probably don't have any plans to date for the next few years."

……

In the main hall, the thin ice in the water purification pool had melted into water, and the spring water flowing from the bronze dragon's mouth tinkled in the stone trough.

The weather was warm, so the three of them followed the example of other tourists and used long-handled wooden ladles to scoop water and wash their hands.

Then we arrived at the Hall of Prayer for Blessings. The heavy ema (votive plaques) were hung in front of the hall, and the dark brown pentagonal wooden plaques collided in the wind, like thousands of wind chimes swaying.

Hanging wooden plaques for blessings requires payment.

Fortunately, the wave of worship had subsided by the 4th, and there were far fewer people than during the New Year. Before long, Su Qing returned with three wooden plaques.

"What are you looking at?"

Su Qing walked towards the two women and found that they were staring at the wooden signs for the same area.

"Hmm... these should be Chinese characters, right? We can only understand the general idea."

Mahiru half-squatted, tilted her head back, and looked at him with a questioning gaze.

What are you looking at these for?

"It's mainly because if this whole area is like this, it's almost been taken over, so people are curious. Qing, do you know why?" Yui asked.

"Let me see." Su Qing picked up a wooden plaque and stared at it intently, but when he saw the words on the plaque, his pupils suddenly contracted.

"So what is it?" Yui asked curiously.

Mahiru didn't speak, but her expression reflected that.

"It says above... [Sakura is the best].

This is a line from a female character in one of my very famous novels.

Those who wrote these were probably tourists from mainland China, likely wanting to commemorate the occasion.

"Oh, so that's how it is."

The two women suddenly realized that it was no wonder it was a novel.

It's not common for girls to read novels, so it's normal that the two of them didn't know.

Su Qing put the wooden plaque back, but her dark eyes became deep with thought.

Is it a coincidence?

Or is it a similar flower blooming in a parallel world?

These things are beyond the current level of human understanding. Su Qing stopped thinking about them.

He handed the wooden plaques to the two girls and asked, "Have you decided what to write?"

"Hmm...not yet."

Mahiru unexpectedly fell into thought. When she was thinking, she liked to furrow her brows slightly, and her cute face would unconsciously become serious.

After Yui finished writing with great focus, she noticed that Mahiru was still hesitating, pen in hand, so she tentatively asked:

"Mahiru-chan, haven't you written it yet?"

"Hmm... I'm a little unsure what to write." Mahiru looked up, noticing the girl had finished writing, and asked:

"May I...see what you wrote?"

"Sure, it'll just end up hanging here anyway," Yui said with a grin, not minding at all.

The gist of what she wrote was a blessing for her parents, grandmother, Yukino, Sukiyomi, and Mahiru to be in good health.

"Okay, lots of them."

Mahiru blurted out unconsciously, "So you can write so many people's names when you're praying for blessings?"

"I've already paid, I can't let myself lose out, right?" Yui said, hands on her hips.

"That's right."